Louisiana Man Accused of Bomb Treat and Having Hundreds of Animal Sex Abuse Photos

(KPEL News) - The list of charges against a man accused of calling in a bomb threat to the Beauregard Parish Courthouse is extremely lengthy because it also includes hundreds of counts of Sexual Abuse of an Animal - Filming, Distributing, or Possessing Images of Abuse, according to the Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office.

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How Did This Situation Unfold?

On September 18, around 1:20 in the afternoon, someone phoned in a bomb threat at the Beauregard Parish Courthouse. At that point, the downtown DeRidder area was evacuated while dogs were brought in from Fort Polk to check for anything suspicious. Once the all-clear was given, things returned to normal at the courthouse, and officials continued investigating to determine who was responsible for the threat.

As the case continued to be investigated, officials identified 40-year-old William Roseberry Jr. as a suspect. It was just before 1 o'clock when police say Roseberry was responsible for calling the 911 system, saying there was a bomb in the courthouse.

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Beauregard Parish Sheriff Mark Herford told the American Press,

At 12:53 p.m. he called and said there was a bomb at the courthouse. It appears that he made the threat so that he wouldn’t have to make his court appearance.

Herford added that it took hours for the entire courthouse complex to be checked by the dogs, and everything opened up around 4:30 that Friday afternoon. He says it's a waste of resources. As the investigation went on, they were able to search Roseberry Jr.'s phone, and that's when the allegations came forward that he had hundreds of images depicting sexual animal abuse.

Had Roseberry never made the bomb threat, officials wouldn't have been able to search his phone and stumble upon the hundreds of images of animal sex abuse.

Roseberry is facing the following charges:

• Terrorizing
• Communicating of False Information of a Planned Arson
• Hundreds (425) of counts of Sexual Abuse of An Animal - Filming, Distributing, or Possessing Images of Abuse

The investigation is ongoing.

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